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<br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />51 <br />52 <br />53 <br />54 <br />55 <br />56 <br />2 <br />by county officers and employees for performing services or duties <br />permitted or required by law; <br />WHEREAS, the Sheriff and his deputies are permitted, but not required, <br />serve summons and complaints and other legal process issued by the feder <br />courts and courts of the several states, other than North Carolina; and <br />WHEREAS, the provisions of North Carolina General Statute Section 7A-311 <br />which set uniform fees for service of civil process only apply to process <br />issued by the courts of North Carolina; <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ORANGE COUNTY: In <br />any civil action or special proceeding arising in the federal courts or in <br />a court of one of the several states other than the State of North <br />Carolina, the following fees shall be assessed, collected and remitted to <br />the county: <br />Effective October 1, 1995, for each item of civil process, including <br />summons and complaints, subpoenas;, notices, motions, orders and pleadings <br />served, fifty dollars ($50.007 shall be charged. When two or more items <br />of civil process are served simultaneously on one party, only one fifty <br />dollar ($50.00) fee shall be charged. <br />When an item of civil process is served on two or more persons or <br />organizations, a separate service charge shall be made for each person or <br />organization. <br />This resolution shall not apply to any process issued by the North <br />Carolina General Court of Justice or any other court, administrative bod <br />or agency of the State of North Carolina or any of its political <br />subdivisions. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />A. CABLE TV <br />Albert Kittrell said that the Cable TV Franchises with Time <br />Warner Cable (Cablevision) and Cablevision Industries (CVI) will terminate <br />on February 24, 1996. The 1992 Cable Act requires the franchising <br />authority to conduct public proceedings to identify future cable-related <br />community needs and interests and review past performance of cable <br />operators. A request for proposal called "Minimum Standards for Cable- <br />Telecommunication Distribution System Infrastructure" was included in the <br />agenda packet. <br />Bob Gwyn, Chair of the Cable TV Advisory Committee, said that <br />Chapel Hill has received a proposal from Time Warner and will hold a <br />public hearing on October 2 to receive public input. That proposal from <br />Time Warner indicates that they will rebuild the system. He emphasized <br />that this is a very critical period. They are proposing to extend a <br />franchise at a time when a great deal is going on in the telecommunication <br />business. With a fiberoptic system, they will be able to offer a wide <br />variety of telecommunication services, many of them not yet identified. <br />gave an example of how information is power. He hopes that they can get <br />all the schools, the government buildings and the library wired into this <br />new system in order to access this immense amount of information. He <br />feels it is important for as many citizens as possible to get access and <br />